Fountain floor oiling and painting device.



H. POND.

FOUNTAIN FLOOD OILING AND PAINTING DEVICE, APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23,1917.

1,237,380. I Patented Aug. 21, 191 7.

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To au a-atom it may] commi Be it known that LQHE RY Pom), a citi- Zen of theUnited States "of 'Americmresiding at Metz, in the county. of Vernon and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FountainFloor Oilingand Paintilr following is a specification.

This invention relates to afountain recep taclie particularly adapted "for usein oiling floors though it is capable of use in other relations such as'forpainting'flat surfaces and indeed is capable for use 111 any relation here it is desired to coat asurface with a film of a liquid substance.

the fact that it is not broadly new to provide structures of the foregoing nature but as this descriptlon proceeds itwill be seen that, by virtue of the structure hereln shown and described, I provide an' improved ,ar-

ticle of the character set forth in that the How of oil, paint or other liquidsubstances is very effectively controlled and theoperation of the device as a whole is facilitated Further ob ects and advantages ofthe invention willbe set forth in the detailed description which nowfollowsv In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view partly in end elevation and partly in vertical section of a device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end elevation of a receptacle hereinafter described.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of theldevice c and 8 and parallel contacting webs 9 and 10 which depend from the front and rear walls 7 and 8, respectively. The receptacle 5 is,

provided with a filling cap 11, inits rear wall, the purpose of locating thev filling cap in that particular position being to render it possible to fill the receptacle with said receptacle lying upon its front wall. This leaves the hands of the operator free to handle the liquid. Furthermore, the recepg Devices, of which the strips of felt 12 and 13. and 15 are disposed outwardly of the strips I am aware of J p Specifieatioiiof LettersEatent. L P atentd A 21 191'7 ApplieationfiledMarch23,1917: Seria1No.15 6,990. I

tacle may be carried in the aforesaid: posiv *tionto theplace where the device is-to be used and the oil is ,not nearly so likely to drip from the felt strips hereinafter de scribed as wouldbe the case if the device were carried in an upright position, 2'. 6., in the posit on shown in Fig. Located upon the outer faces of the webs 9 and 10 are Clamping strips 1-1 of felt 12 and 13, respectively. The clampingstrip 11 has rigidly attached thereto a plurality of studs 16 upon which thumb nuts 17 are threaded. By tightening these thumb nuts 'the clamping strips 14: and 15 are clamped against the strips offelt andthis notonly compresses the strips of felt but presses the webs 9 and 10 together.

It will, therefore be observed that this structure provides efficient means for controlling the flow of the liquid from the receptacle to the strips of felt. To provide for a uniform adjustment throughout the length of the felt strips the side walls (5 are terminated short of the Webs 9 and 10 and in order to prevent the liquid from oozing out at the ends of the webs, I may, if desired, turn the ends of the clamping strip 14 inwardly as indicated at 1 1 in Fig. at. This will result in pressing the extending portion 12 of the felt strip 12 over the joints hat the ends of the webs.

A handle 18 is rigidly affixed at its lower end to the rear wall 8 and is connected to the upper portion of the receptacle by braces 19. This handle socket is adapted to receive a handle 20. I I may utilize the handle. socket as a filling means by .employlng the construction illustrated in Fig. 5, in which figure, 21 illustrates a tubular handle socket, said socket being internally threaded at 22 and communicating with the interior of a receptacle 5 which corresponds in function to the receptacle 5, and which handle 21 may serve as a filling element through which the liquid may be introduced to receptacle 5. A handle '23 is threaded at 2% for engagement with the threaded i cost and without the employment of skilled labor and provides means for oiling floors, painting and the like in a rapid and eflicient manner. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but includes within its purview such changes as fairly come within the spirit of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim is a p A device of the character described, comprising downwardly converging front and rear wallsterminating at theirlower edges in parallel webs lying face to face, end walls connecting the front and rear walls but terminating short of said webs, strips of felt or the like disposed outwardly of said webs,

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for compression strips disposed outwardly of the strips of felt, means for drawing said strips toward each other to thereby bind the strips of felt against the webs, one of said strips of felt being longer than the corresponding web and projecting therebeyond at its ends and inturned ends upon one of the compression strips which act to force said extending portions of the felt laterally to cause it to close the joint at the ends of the webs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I HENRY POND.

Witnesses:

IRLD. HUDSON, T. E. WILLIAMS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). O. 

